✦Inked a deal with clothes company Aquascutum, to be the spokesperson for the designer label as well as stars in a new campaign alongside model Julia Stegner (January 2007).
✦His Bond wax figures were removed from all branches of Madame Tussauds after he was officially replaced with Daniel Craig in 2005.
✦Was honored an Outstanding Irish Contribution to Cinema Award at Irish Film and Television Awards in 2004.
✦Has become an American naturalized citizen on September 23, 2004.
✦Was bestowed an honorary Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II through Britain's ambassador to Ireland, Stewart Eldon on August 19, 2003.